She also sang several classic songs such as Koko ni Sachi Ari and Ue wo Muite Aruko.

Our Shared Future: Reckoning with Our Racial Past in L.executive director of LA Commons; and Dr.

A national initiative of the Smithsonian.(Photo by Richard Watanabe)The Chinese American Museum (CAM).Los Angeles County public health director; James E.

More information about the initiative and upcoming programming can be found at http://oursharedfuture.LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes; Dr.

and Day Two features music by award-winning composer Nathan Wang.

and the Museum of Latin American Art.There have been a total of 55 queens who have represented Orange County in the Nisei Week Japanese Festival since 1958.

Patti HiraharaThere are not that many people who know the history of the Japanese and Japanese Americans here in Orange County.What I also learned about Patti over the years is that she was on the Board of Directors of the Society of Professional Journalists Los Angeles Chapter; second vice president of American Women in Radio and Televisions Southern California Chapter; a member of Nisei Week Japanese Festivals Board of Directors in 1980-1981; a member of Suburban Optimist Club of Buena Parks Board of Directors and Optimist of the Year for 1995-1996; 2010 City of Anaheim Community Service Award recipient; 2018 honorary alumna of Washington State University and first Japanese American to receive the honor; grand marshal of Washington State Pioneer Power Show; Pacific Southwest District Japanese American Citizens League/SELANOCO JACL honoree in 2019; Woman of the Year in the 46th Congressional District.

to get first-time Japanese pioneer exhibits and documentaries made utilizing her familys over 2.and helped put together their first reunion in 65 years last September.